It’s All Adele | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (12/1/21):  Adele dominates both the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Hot 100.   

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ell, SCANNING THE CHARTS is just what it says it is.  I, the quirky founder and do-it-all at The Musical Hype scans through the Billboard Charts and picks out things that catch my eye. This column isn’t extensive, but rather short and sweet.  This week, I picked out 9 notable observations from the Billboard 200 📉,  and 3 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Adele dominating both charts.

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Billboard 200 📉

💭 While she was unable to secure ‘a milli,’ 🎙 Adele sees 💿 30 debut robustly at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 to the tune of 839,000 units according to Billboard.

💭 As to be expected, Adele knocks 💿 Red (Taylor’s Version) 🎙 Taylor Swift to no. 2 in its second week on the charts.

💭 After debuting at no. 2, 🎙 Silk Sonic – 🎙 Bruno Mars and 🎙 Anderson .Paak – see 💿 An Evening with Silk Sonic slip to no. 4 in their second week on the charts. 

💭 🎙 Robert Plant and 🎙 Alison Krauss 💿 Raise the Roof at no. 7.

💭 The top-20 sees a couple of notable re-entries.  🎙 The Weeknd (💿 The Highlights) re-enters the mix at no. 10 while 🎙 twenty one pilots (💿 Scaled and Icy) re-enters at no. 15.

💭 🎙 French Montana looks beastly on the cover art for his 2021 album, 💿 They Got Amnesia.  Unfortunately, that buff chest wasn’t enough to make the LP do big numbers. He debuts tepidly at no. 59.  Still, the eye candy is #LIT.

💭 🎙 Lana Del Rey hasn’t ignited the charts with her second album of 2021, 💿 Blue Banisters.  This week – just the album’s fifth week on the charts – it slides from no. 93 to no. 161. OUCH! Blue Banisters debuted at no. 8.

💭 🎙 Snoop Dogg (+ various artists) debuts at no. 166 with 💿 Snoop Dog Presents: Algorithm.

💭 🎙 Bryson Tiller cracks the Billboard 200.  💿 A Different Christmas bows modestly at no. 194.

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Billboard Hot 100 📉

💭 🎙 Adele rebounds to no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 🎵 “Easy on Me”.  This marks the single’s fifth week in the penthouse.  Notably, 🎵 “Oh My God” from 💿 30 debuts at no. 5, giving her two top-five hits simultaneously.  Also, all 12 songs from 30 debut on the Billboard Hot 100!

💭 After debuting at no. 1 last week, 🎙 Taylor Swift sees 🎵 “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” slide to no. 4.

💭 🎙 Glass Animals’ 🎵 “Heat Waves” ascends from no. 8 to no. 7 in its 45^th charting week.

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